We provide guided walking tours in Milan for smart, discerning travelers who want to experience the city with a local guide.Milan is a modern city with a millennia-old history, bustling with activities and events and rich with world famous monuments. As only a local friend would, we’ll guide you through the real, multifaceted Milan.

BellaMilano is different!

Come and discover:

FASHION

You are in the Italian fashion capital. Whatever suits your taste - high-end shops in glamorous Via Montenapoleone, chic boutiques in Brera, out-of-the-box new designers in the hip neighborhoods - we’ll detect it and take you there!

GEMS

Yes, in Milan you do need a local guide. Behind heavy wooden doors and grey anonymous walls, scented gardens and hidden gems just wait to be unveiled. Come and discover Roman ruins, irreverent sculptures, creepy chapels, breathtaking masterpieces that even the Milanese ignore.

CULTURE

Just three clues: The Duomo, La Scala, The Last Supper…and guess what, it’s only the beginning! Imagine to have 2k years of history to walk through. That’s Milan. Let us guide you on a trip in space and time from the glorious ancient Roman imperial times to the lights of the new skyscrapers

VIBE

Milan is a dynamic, ever-changing city, every day there’s something new to experience, whether a trendy spot to discover, an exhibition to visit, a concert to attend. Be hooked by the hip vibe of the most cosmopolitan Italian city, Milan is the place to be.

"You are both amazing great women, but beside that real great food guides!!!"

CARA MAGAZINE, Ireland

"Bella Milano Tours, a walking tour run by the inspirational and highly informed Mirella Maestri and Valeria Andreoli"

WHO.

Here is a little something about us and what we do.

TOUR LEADER

Mirella Maestri

Archaeologist, foodie, shoe addicted and bookworm. Sounds weird? You know, I'm a girl who loves to have both, a full bookcase and a full closet.
I was born in Piedmont, the Italian region with best food and best wines - that's why I can talk about food for hours - then 13 years ago I moved to Milan for my post degree specialization and I fell in love, with the city and then with Matteo, my native-born Milanese husband.
Since I'm not from here, studying to get the Milan tour guide license was like "getting the citizenship", and now I feel I'm both, Piemontese and Milanese.
I love my job and I think I'm lucky! Working as a guide, I have the chance to meet interested and interesting people coming from all over the world and to share my knowledge with them by talking about history, visiting hidden gems, telling stories and introducing our habits, like a local friend would.
In my free time I love to stay with my family, hang out with friends, visit exhibitions, do a little shopping of course and enjoy life.
Oh yeah, did I mention that I love Milan?

Valeria

Valeria Andreoli

I am a native Milanese, raised on risotto and panettone, and as a
licensed guide I am committed to making the time visitors spend in
this city enjoyable and fascinating. My husband would tell you that I
have found the perfect job, being such a chatty person (he is so
serious and silent!). In fact, I like to think that I am a good
storyteller, with a flair for words and stories that I developed
during my parallel career as a journalist. In the white marble of
Milan's Cathedral I see the thousands of craftsmen and carvers who
peopled its scaffolding in the late Thirteen-hundreds. In the charming
church of San Maurizio I imagine the quiet lives of young beautiful
nuns who could watch the world outside only through a tiny bronze
window.
There is nothing more I'd love to do than to share all such stories with you.